This picture was taken three days after the death of King George VI before the match played between Carlisle United and Grimsby Town.
(Can you name the man on the left in the long overcoat, standing next to the linesman?)
Football went ahead and nobody considered it disrespectful: after a minutes silence, impeccably observed, the whistle blew and the game went ahead - matches were not played last week and the reason given by the Premier League is because they were concerned some fans would use it as an opportunity to display the kind of behaviour seen in Edinburgh or outside the gates of Buckingham Palace where protestors demand their right to Freedom of Speech.
They're always the first people to protest about their rights in a democracy while conveniently forgetting our democracy works by majority rule...(as Brexiters will be quick to remind us). In this case, the tail has wagged the dog and still human rights groups are getting into a lather about 'their rights' and 'free speech' for a minority of people who wish to see England become a Republic, Scotland gain independence and Northern Ireland fend for itself as the demand to abolish the monarchy grows louder.
At this moment it seems to me the Royal Family is the glue holding the Kingdom United and to abolish this ancient institution would be an act of cultural vandalism on a scale with the Russian Revolution.
(Can you name the man on the left in the long overcoat, standing next to the linesman?)
Football went ahead and nobody considered it disrespectful: after a minutes silence, impeccably observed, the whistle blew and the game went ahead - matches were not played last week and the reason given by the Premier League is because they were concerned some fans would use it as an opportunity to display the kind of behaviour seen in Edinburgh or outside the gates of Buckingham Palace where protestors demand their right to Freedom of Speech.
They're always the first people to protest about their rights in a democracy while conveniently forgetting our democracy works by majority rule...(as Brexiters will be quick to remind us). In this case, the tail has wagged the dog and still human rights groups are getting into a lather about 'their rights' and 'free speech' for a minority of people who wish to see England become a Republic, Scotland gain independence and Northern Ireland fend for itself as the demand to abolish the monarchy grows louder.
At this moment it seems to me the Royal Family is the glue holding the Kingdom United and to abolish this ancient institution would be an act of cultural vandalism on a scale with the Russian Revolution.
